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Rajat Khandelwal
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No they are not the same....but close!!!!Is the relative clauses ----where and in which ----are one and same thing?
Kindly throw examples at us...That can help narrow down the scope of responses.
Let's assume we encounter a sentence and are unable to choose "where" over "in which" and vice-versa, then, i remember the following things.
"where" refers to the place/situation, while "in which" also refers to the time/duration. With "in which" there is a sense of enclosure
The place where I lived........The town where i come from...
'In which' tends to be more specific, more precise, as i said has a sense of "enclosure"
The box in which you keep the chocolates.....The house in which i lived.... The test in which a score less than 800 won't do
In sum, "where" has a strong sense of "place/ location".
Have you come across a GMAT Q that asks you to choose between "where" and "in which" and nothing else????
